Misguided campaign
OPINION: Last week, Greenpeace lit up Fonterra's Auckland headquarters with 'messages from the common people' - that the sector is…
Dairy farmers are being urged to help shape the future of the dairy sector.
Southland's new research and demonstration dairy farm, the Southern Dairy Hub, is decidedly up and running – twice!
Russia's ban on imported agricultural products, including dairy products, is due to end in December 2017, boosting global dairy prices, says an industry report.
Dairy farmers in the Hauraki Plains and northern Waikato region will struggle with calving, says DairyNZ’s general manager of extension, Andrew Reid.
Farmers don't condone their peers knowingly spilling effluent, says Waikato Federated Farmers president Andrew McGiven.
Farmers must start figuring how to reduce cow numbers without losing farm production or profit.
Corporate farmer Colin Armer, among New Zealand’s most prominent, says dairying will prosper more by greater pasture utilisation than by supplementary feeds that incur many direct expenses and associated costs.
Fonterra farmers will vote for three new directors this year.
Taupo dairy company Miraka will pay an extra $3 million to its suppliers as part of an incentive scheme for good farming practices. The scheme is voluntary.
Global Dairy Trade (GDT) star performer, butter enjoyed another strong jump in prices overnight.
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About 200 dairy farmers and industry leaders celebrated the opening of the new Southern Dairy Hub on Friday.
Planning and preparation make for a good calving season, says DairyNZ.
Ideal growing conditions in many places — despite record autumn rains — have delayed cow culls, allowing some herd managers to optimise their herds for next season.
Together with mastitis and infertility, lameness is one of the big three problems on many farms, says vet Neil Chesterton.
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